February 12, 2012, the Arab League (AL) is calling for an end to “all forms of diplomatic cooperation”, and “tighter economic sanctions”. Instead they want war with Syria!
In a new AL resolution, they are demanding military action by the United Nations. The resolution also says all forms of communication with Syrian rebels should be opened […] Continue Reading…
“A Russian ship discovered a small Japanese fishing boat in the waters north of Hawaii in October that was definitively tied to the tsunami, and it was about where we thought it should be, given the currents.”-Jack Barth, Oregon State University
11 months after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunamis hit Japan, and started the […] Continue Reading…
PepsiCo announced that they must radically restructure if they want to stay competitive. This comes after Pepsi fell to third place, after Diet Coke.
Pepsi will lay off 8,700 employees around the world, and then spend big bucks on advertising to get you to buy more Pepsi products. Pepsi officials declined to say exactly how […] Continue Reading…
12 February 2012, Tokyo Electric Power Company (now effectively state owned due to running out of money) reporting that Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 2 is still heating up, despite efforts to cool it down.
Temps are now at 80 degrees Celsius (176 Fahrenheit). TEPCo had increased cooling water injection to 14.6 tons per hour!
On 05 February, […] Continue Reading…
Two weeks after the nuclear disaster started, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission submitted a worst case scenario to the government.
It could have been (and might still be) worse than the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The official reason why the report was not made public, is because government […] Continue Reading…
In 2010 an 8.8 earthquake hit a coastal town in Chile. More than 500 people died mainly because of a tsunami.
After prosecutes investigated, it was decided that not only was no tsunami warning given, but officials said there was no tsunami. After people returned home, they were hit with a tsunami.
Among the former officials […] Continue Reading…
Lebanon used to be part of Syria, before the French separated it after World War One. Now those who are anti-Syria (and probably backed up by the U.S., Europe or Israel) are attacking pro-Syrian Lebanese.
On February 10, fighting got so bad in Tripoli, that Lebanese troops were called in. The gun battle lasted until […] Continue Reading…
The H5N1 virus isn’t just killing people, it’s killing off the food people eat.
A week ago Nepal said it would have to kill off 4,000 poultry because of H5N1. Well, already 8,000 poultry have died, because the virus is spreading so fast!
India says yet another poultry farm there has been hit with H5N1. The […] Continue Reading…
After what looked like a 2011 victory for Mexican health officials, the H1N1 virus is hitting back hard in 2012.
Already there are 2,815 reported cases of flu, 90% are confirmed to have H1N1. At least 58 people have died. 93% of those who died were confirmed to have H1N1 (aka swine flu).
I looked and […] Continue Reading…
On February 10, the U.S. CDC reported that people testing positive for flu viruses hit 10.5%. The flu season officially starts when at least 10% of the population tests positive for flu.
The state of California is reporting the most flu cases at this point. There is also reports of increased doctor visits, mainly in […] Continue Reading…